Shloka 68

युधिष्ठिरस्य धनंजय-प्रति गर्हा

Yudhiṣṭhira’s Reproach to Dhanaṃjaya

Devanagari script

उत्तिष्ठत प्रहरत प्रैताभिपततेति च

Transliteration

uttiṣṭhata praharata praitābhipatateti ca

Translation

Sañjaya said: “Rise up! Strike! Advance—fall upon them!” Thus he repeatedly urged them on, pressing the warriors into action amid the moral urgency and chaos of battle.

Word by Word

• उत्तिष्ठत: rise up! / stand up!
• उत्तिष्ठत: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: उत्-स्था (स्था)
• Form: लोट् (imperative), परस्मैपदम्, मध्यम, बहुवचनम्

• प्रहरत: strike! / attack!
• प्रहरत: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-हृ (हृ)
• Form: लोट् (imperative), परस्मैपदम्, मध्यम, बहुवचनम्

• प्र: forth / forward (prefix, separated by sandhi)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्र

• एत: this one / he (this)
• एत: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: पुंलिङ्गम्, प्रथमा, एकवचनम्

• अभिपतते: rushes upon / charges
• अभिपतते: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि-पत् (पत्)
• Form: लट् (present), आत्मनेपदम्, प्रथम, एकवचनम्

• इति: thus / saying
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The line highlights the battlefield ethic of immediate resolve and disciplined action: when duty is taken up, hesitation gives way to coordinated effort under command, even amid the moral weight of war.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports a moment of intense combat where warriors are being rallied with urgent imperatives—‘rise, strike, advance, charge’—capturing the press of battle and the push to engage the enemy decisively.